Rethinking the Case Study in International Business and Management Research

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This important and original book places the case study in international business research in its historical context, critically evaluates current case study practices in the field and proposes a more pluralistic future for case research within international business and international management research. While the case study is the most popular qualitative research strategy in the field, only a narrow selection of possible approaches is currently used. IB and IM researchers typically rely on a case study approach that could be characterized as 'qualitative positivism'. The editors and contributors look beyond this disciplinary convention and encourage greater pluralism in IB and IM case research. Their key argument is that increased awareness of prevailing disciplinary conventions - and their limitations - increases the potential for methodological innovation and versatility in case research. The contributions provide critical, novel and innovative perspectives on the case study in IB and IM research. The book offers inspiration to case authors and an authoritative methodological reference for those publishing and reviewing case research. It will also be highly regarded by postgraduate and doctoral students in IB and IM as well as both qualitative and quantitative researchers in the field.In his first year at the Wharton PhD programme, Robb enrolled in my doctoral
seminar on Research Methods. Students in that seminar were asked to pretend
to be experts on a research method of their choice with the intent of helping them
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Rethinking the Case Study in International Business and Management Research

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Rebecca Marschan-Piekkari, Catherine Welch

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Edward Elgar Publishing - 2011-01-01

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